January ALL 2014 Eng

RESO Ministry Spreading the Gospel in Southern Oltenia ROMANIA

“For we are laborers together with God…” 1 Corinthians 3:9

Costea Raul- pastor at Hope Church Draganesti-Olt, Romania / SGSO Ministry Coordinator

“The

harvest is

plentiful

but the

workers

are few.

Ask the

Lord of the

harvest,

therefore,

to send

out

workers

into his

harvest

field.”

Usually the beginning of a new year for a

worker involves refreshing the vision,

launching in the annual goals, which

brings a lot of joy and a new vigor to his

ministry.

For me however the debut of the year

was a painful one with two sad events,

but I know that God used the pain to

equip me for the "harvest time". From

the Scriptures and from the lives of

missionaries over the centuries, we have

learned that the grain of wheat must die

before bear fruit. So the harvest that we

anticipate for 2014 began for me with

this inner pain I had to experience. The

Bible actually says: Those who sow with

tears will reap with songs of joy. (Ps 126).

This month I realized the importance of

training and equipping members and

missionaries for evangelism. Through

training seminars for the church,

sermons and evangelistic visits, I sent a

model of evangelism.

I tried by this way to equip members and

missionaries for the harvest. Every time,

equipping ministers and workers bring a

sense of spiritual fulfillment for me. The

fact that they learned the methods and

applied it in their ministry gave us

reasons to praise God. In a visit I saw a

young lady who burst into tears because

she has seen her sins and she wanted to

know the path of forgiveness. I had a

great joy to tell her about the Lamb of God

who takes away the sins of the world.

Being aware that I need to be present among

people, but also responsible for logistics and

coordination of RESO mission, we prayed and

this month God has blessed our logistics

office with a secretary, Nicoleta Berechet.

We felt your prayers during our annual church

gathering when we official entrusted to

Berechet Octavian, the ministry work from

Maruntei village.

Knowing the direction of our ministry and

spiritual experiences we have, your prayers, e-

mails of encouragement and your active

participation in the God’s harvest in Oltenia

are more valued by our heavenly Father.



Comani- Costea Alexe

Blessed be the Lord!

January 2014, another month when the grace

of God has been poured out upon us and

upon the work of Comani. We were able, with

God's help, to level the church building floor.

We continued the meetings each Sunday

morning, children ministry, Bible study

meetings. We started a Bible study from man

to man (Step 1 – from Choose Life

organization) with some of those who

regularly attend the church programs. Thank

you for carrying us in your!

Prayer requests:

-wisdom

-protection

-the salvation of men from Comani

-the event we will organize on the occasion of

Women's Day March 8

-salvation of children who come to our kids’

program

-a van for our ministry

-to finish the construction

Berechet Nicoleta I began 2014 as a secretary for Hope Church

and RESO Mission. I am glad to do this work meaning organizing,

planning, e-mails and logistics. I saw the importance of this job

and I want to help as efficiently I can the missionaries and the

church. Together we serve the same vision: to bring the hope of

Christ from Draganesti to the ends of the earth.



Opris Daniel- Draganesti-Olt, Coteana

We invited in our home children and teenagers. We

talked to them about their spiritual condition. Some

of them have confessed their sins (e.g. disobeyed

their parents) and they asked Jesus to forgive them.

The next step was to ask forgiveness to their

parents too.

I made several evangelistic visits in Draganesti and

those visited have shown interested for the Word of

God.

In Coteana, when they were

asked, at least three families

have expressed a desire to

follow an evangelistic Bible

study.

Pray that God will enlighten

them with His truth and they

may turn to Him. Also we pray

for wisdom to do efficiently the evangelistic work.

Here, I started in a believers home, a new group for

both children and adults.

Dorothy Reid –Draganesti-Olt, Calinesti

God blessed us with a

warm beginning to the

month of January so it

was the perfect

opportunity to take a

group of children and

go on a picnic before school started again!

This month I had the joy of taking one young

disciple who is 9 years old, to celebrate her Birthday

with

another woman with

whom I am doing a Bible

study. Niculina is herself

a young believer and

follower of Christ, but

has little opportunity for

outside fellowship as she suffers from chronic

asthma and is confined to bed.

It says in God's Word that we are His workmanship

and that He has works which He prepared for us to

do (Eph. 2:10). Please pray for Niculina that God

will show her

what He has for

her to do and

how she can be

used by Him in

His kingdom

even in the midst

of her illness.

Pray also for 9 year old Stefi as she often goes with

me to visit ladies and to help with a new children's

club in Draganesti, that God will use her to be a

blessing to her brother and parents who are

unsaved and that she will become strong of

character in Christ.

Our Saturday children's club, "JESUS-HOPE FOR

THE CHILDREN" have chosen as our theme for

2014: "the Son of Man

did not come to be

served, but to serve..."

In keeping with that

desire be Christ's

servants, we began the

first meeting of the new year by seeking to bless

our beloved pastor's wife, who has been suffered

for weeks with a bad cough. The children formed 3

teams and were each sent off with an envelope



containing a small amount of money and the

challenge to find healthy fruits, vegetables and

throat lozenges (Halls) & chest rub (VICKS) with the

amount they had been given. They then sang and

prayed for Ana and presented her with the good

things they'd found.

Pray that God will give us wisdom as leaders how to

disciple these precious children and invest in their

lives for eternity.

Corabia- Dumitru Mircea

We succeeded, by

the grace of God

to help people to

see their condition

before God. Dan is

a man who thinks

only of his marital

situation. For two weeks I tried to show him that his

biggest problem is his broken relationship with

God. His heart was insensitive. But in the last week I

talked to him about the ugliness of sin and as never

before he became aware of his sin. He admitted he

still cannot believe in Jesus' sacrifice. It is a step

forward because until that time he thought about

himself as a Christian.

By God's grace, along

with those who have been

baptized, we studied the

book of 1 John. They

clearly understood the

signs of those who are

born from God. Along

with Doug Droll, every Saturday, we preached the

gospel to block C1. Our goal is to expose as many

people as we can to God's message.

Prayer Requests:

1. Resources for renting a space for Sunday

worship.

2. Finding 6 people who would be people of peace

and that they would host our meetings during the

week.

Maruntei- Berechet Octavian

January was a month of decisions both

spiritually and administratively.

Since the beginning of this year God put a

desire in my heart to see people won for Christ

in Maruntei. So one of the goals that God has

given me this year is to go with the Gospel in

every home there. Pray that God will open their

hearts to receive the truth that brings freedom.

Pray for Alex, he is a young seeker after God

and he wants to know more about Him.

Thank you for your prayers! May God bless

you!

Comani- Kevin and Michelle Weppler

The

Sunday School

Program held

every Sunday

night

at Speranta

Baptist Church,

Draganesti-Olt is thriving.

After 4 years from when this program began,

there are on average 25-30 children attending



each week. The exciting thing is, about 1/3 of

these children are from the community.

We praise God because the children are

learning the books of the Bible, they are able to

recite verses from God's Word; they are

learning about key people from God's Word

and most importantly, they are experiencing

the love of Jesus Christ.

We pray that the seeds that have been planted

will prosper and flourish and bear much fruit.

Lisa, Perieti- Vlad Ion

Lord gave us a great

joy. Titi, Sister

Loredana’s husband

became aware of his

final destination,

Hell, if his sins are

not forgiven. He

asked God to come

into his life. Thanks

to everyone who

prayed for this famile. Please continue to pray

for them and for us!

That is why we labor and strive, because we

have put our hope in the living God, who is the

Savior of all people, and especially of those who

believe. 1 Tim 4

Draganesti-Olt, Maruntei- Veronica Palcau

I began a study Bible with four children from

the kids clubs where I

serve. I give thanks to

God for He answered my

prayers.

I wanted them to be

interested to know more

and more about Him.

Praises to God that He is

working and makes His

presence felt in the lives

of some of the children.

I met with them and I was able to have free

discussions. They asked many questions and it

was a joy to see how the Holy Spirit worked

and enlightend their mind.



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